Given her promotion to the Paula Abdul seat on American Idol, there’s a distinct irony in having the first sounds on Jennifer Lopez's Love? all twisted through a vocoder: she may be judging the pop purity of legions of hopeful singers, but even she can’t resist the siren call of the computer.
Of course, Lopez was never, ever about singing; she was about style, particularly the kind that passes for fashionable at glitzy high-rise discos.
She was lucky enough to launch her career at the turn of the millennium, when it was still possible to have big dance crossover hits, but as her career marched on, the beats took prominence over the melody, a particular problem considering how slight Lopez’s voice is.
She’s sweet enough a presence, but she needs powerful hooks to cut through the gloss, which she by and large doesn’t do on Love? Instead of being a return to the high-glitz pizzazz of “Love Don’t Cost a Thing,” this is pop in form only, never quite mustering up the energy to be infectious, never having a hook to drag a listener into its orbit, so listless that neither Lil Wayne nor Pitbull can drag it into focus.
It’s high-sheen wallpaper, so flimsy that it peels away immediately after application.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On the FloorBilal "The Chef" Hajji, G. Hermosa, AJ Junior, A. Perez, RedOne | Jennifer Lopez | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 4 mins | 10 MB | |||||
| 4 mins | 33 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJ Junior | Composer |
| 2 | David Angell | Violin |
| 3 | Monisa Angell | Viola |
| 4 | Jim Annunziato | Engineer, Vocal Engineer |
| 5 | Marcella Araica | Engineer, Mixing |
| 6 | Nick Banns | Assistant Engineer |
| 7 | Beatgeek | Composer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming |
| 8 | Anesha Birchett | Vocal Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Tim Blacksmith | Management |
| 10 | E. Bogart | Composer |
| 11 | Leesa D. Brunson | A&R |
| 12 | Tara Bryan | A&R |
| 13 | Al Burna | Vocal Engineer |
| 14 | Michael "Banger" Cadahia | Engineer |
| 15 | Dustin Capulong | Assistant Engineer |
| 16 | John Catchings | Cello |
| 17 | Tami Chynn | Vocals |
| 18 | Danny D. | Management |
| 19 | David Davidson | String Arrangements, Violin |
| 20 | Alli Davis | Vocals (Background) |
| 21 | Steven Dennis | Assistant Engineer |
| 22 | Mike "Handz" Donaldson | Mixing |
| 23 | The-Dream | Vocals (Background) |
| 24 | Dernst Emile II | Composer, Engineer, Producer |
| 25 | Mikkel Storleer Eriksen | Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation |
| 26 | Lauren Evans | Vocals (Background) |
| 27 | Eric Eylands | Assistant Engineer |
| 28 | Chris Galland | Assistant Engineer |
| 29 | Elizabeth Gallardo | Assistant |
| 30 | Jesus Garnica | Mixing Assistant |
| 31 | Alessandro Giulini | Accordion |
| 32 | Shani Gonzales | A&R |
| 33 | D. Gordon | Composer |
| 34 | Wynter Gordon | Vocals (Background) |
| 35 | Gene Grimaldi | Mastering |
| 36 | Josh Gudwin | Vocal Engineer |
| 37 | Bilal "The Chef" Hajji | Composer |
| 38 | Kuk Harrell | Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Editing, Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 39 | Tor Erik Hermansen | Composer, Instrumentation |
| 40 | G. Hermosa | Composer |
| 41 | Christopher Hicks | A&R |
| 42 | Nate Hills | Composer, Producer |
| 43 | Ghazi Hourani | Recording Assistant |
| 44 | Jaycen Joshua | Mixing |
| 45 | Jack Jezzro | String Bass |
| 46 | Jimmy Joker | Composer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming |
| 47 | Doug Joswick | Package Production |
| 48 | JP Robinson | Art Direction, Design |
| 49 | John "J-Banga" Kercy | Pro-Tools |
| 50 | Karen Kwak | A&R |
| 51 | Lady Gaga | Composer, Producer |
| 52 | Anthony LaMarchina | Cello |
| 53 | Damien Lewis | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 54 | Lil Wayne | Featured Artist |
| 55 | Giancarlo Lino | Mixing Assistant |
| 56 | J. Lopez | Composer |
| 57 | Jennifer Lopez | Executive Producer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 58 | Juan Carlos Maciques | Hair Stylist |
| 59 | Scott Marcus | A&R |
| 60 | Benny Medina | Executive Producer |
| 61 | Trevor Muzzy | Engineer, Mixing |
| 62 | Terius Nash | Producer |
| 63 | Martina Nilsson | Stylist |
| 64 | Chris "Tek" O'Ryan | Engineer, Vocal Editing |
| 65 | Jeanette Olsson | Vocals (Background) |
| 66 | Julian Peploe | Art Direction, Design |
| 67 | A. Perez | Composer |
| 68 | Mary Phillips | Make-Up |
| 69 | Pitbull | Featured Artist |
| 70 | RedOne | Composer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Editing, Vocal Producer |
| 71 | L.A. Reid | Executive Producer |
| 72 | Aaron D. Rosenberg | Legal Counsel |
| 73 | Warwick Saint | Photography |
| 74 | Gabriela Schwartz | Marketing |
| 75 | Bobby Shin | String Engineer |
| 76 | Pamela Sixfin | Violin |
| 77 | Teddy Sky | Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 78 | Chris Soper | Assistant Engineer |
| 79 | Stargate | Producer |
| 80 | C. Stewart | Composer |
| 81 | Christopher "Tricky" Stewart | Producer |
| 82 | Phil Tan | Mixing |
| 83 | Aliaume Thiam | Composer |
| 84 | Brian "B-Luv" Thomas | Engineer |
| 85 | Pat Thrall | Engineer |
| 86 | Miles Walker | Engineer |
| 87 | Janelle White | A&R |
| 88 | Kristin Wilkinson | Viola |
| 89 | Karen Winkelmann | Violin |
| 90 | Andrew Wuepper | Engineer |
| 91 | Kristen Yiengst | Art Coordinator, Photo Coordination |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |